Senses Fail is nothing more than your average New Jersey "emo-core" band, taking elements from every single hit "emo-core" band and putting them into one mega "emo-core" song, making them insanely popular in NJ, "emo-core" capital of the freaking world. I really hope you all picked up on how I put "emo-core" in quotes. The fact that I am from Jersey, the state that this band hails from, makes me like them even less, for their contrived sound has won them countless numbers of fans in Jersey who admire other bands such as Taking Back Sunday and The Used. It's sickening to see how a band so unoriginal has gotten so large. Maybe it's just me, but I really do dislike this band. Bias aside, their new album, From The Depths Of Dreams, out on Drive-Thru Records, will be eaten up not only by Jersey kids, but by kids everywhere, simply because it takes everything that is "right" in the genre and mixes it up into one giant unoriginal EP of eight songs. Senses Fail has got everything down pat; the whiney lead vocalist, the countless uses of backup vocals (a la Taking Back Sunday), and the weak lyrics of heartache. Above all though, the lyrics stand out like a sore thumb, solely for being simple ridiculous. A prime example of this can be found in the leadoff track, "Stephen": "November 10th, a cold dark night. You could feel that something wasn't right. That night many hearts did cry, when we learned we had to say goodbye." I can put my money on it that Stephen is turning in his grave right now. The lyrics are written with the "soul" and "passion" of a cardboard box, and it honestly seems like Senses Fail rhymes lyrics just for the sake of rhyming.
